went to Zhang Ziyi's studio, who received her agent Ji Lingling, Zhang Ziyi has not yet come.

Hearing that Zhang Ziyi hadn't come yet, he was stunned, what's the situation? Score with the director? Still is?

"Director He, I'm very sorry, Ziyi is really a little busy, and now on the way here, there is a bit of a traffic jam. In order to play the "The Grandmaster" directed by Wong Kar-wai, she has recently had to undergo more than ten hours of martial arts training every day, so please forgive me. ”

Ji Lingling's attitude is not to say, but aren't all agents in the way of celebrities? Their attitude towards all directors is basically good.

"Oh, that's it, it's fine, it's okay to wait a little." He Fang smiled forcefully and took the tea handed over by Ji Lingling.

"Then thank you so much for Director He's understanding, by the way, Director He, are you sure that our "Single Zoo" can be filmed before December? Ziyi must enter the "Generation Grandmaster" group in December, don't finish filming by then, we have a contradiction if we don't add files. Ji Lingling said.

"Don't worry, haven't you read the script? In fact, this kind of urban story is filmed very quickly, at most forty or fifty days is enough, and we will start shooting in October, that is, around mid-November. He Fang explained.

"Well, that's fine." Ji Lingling nodded politely, and then took a sip of tea.

"And what's your production budget? How much are you going to give Ziyi's salary? ”

At this point, He Fang finally understood why Zhang Ziyi did not appear, but her agent talked to him first. He Fang smiled helplessly, and then took out a cigarette from his body without hurrying.

"Can I smoke it? I see an ashtray here. He asked.

"Of course, no problem."

He Fang lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

"The total budget of our film is 35 million, the production budget is 20 million, and the salary budget that can be given to Mr. Zhang Ziyi is 2 million." He Fangshu smiled faintly.

And the corners of Ji Lingling's mouth tugged slightly, and his eyes showed disdain.

"Then it's probably hard for us to agree with your price, do you know what Ziyi's current salary is? 10 million, and your budget is only 2 million, this is impossible, even if you go to invite a second-tier star, it is more than this price, let alone a top international star like Ziyi? Jing Lingling was not angry, but said helplessly.

If she didn't want to offend this rookie director, she could ask the other party to leave if she said the price.

"Miss Ji, Teacher Zhang Ziyi has been mixed with Hollywood, and Hong Kong has also cooperated. Then she should know that the general salary can only account for 15-30% of the production budget, so the total cost of our 20 million production cost and actor expenses is only 6 million. Therefore, at most, 3 million will be given to Teacher Ziyi. He Fang said that he added another million.

"You can't add 1 million 3 million, without this price, Ziyi's taking the film at this price will only reduce her value." Ji Lingling shook his head.

"But the box office of domestic films is about 100 million, even if it is calculated according to the relatively good box office of 150 million to 200 million, the producer will recover the actual box office of about 60 million at most, and the real investment in the film budget is only 30 or 40 million, at most 50 million. After deducting the 30 million of more than 120 million yuan of publicity, the production is generally around 20 million or 30 million yuan. Even if the production cost is 30 million, such as costume drama setting, costumes, art, etc., it will take up a large part, so the cost left for the actors is limited. ”

"I don't know how other people give 10 million yuan, maybe they are compressing the other costs of production. But my film can't reduce other costs in order to get a star, which will affect the quality of the movie. ”

He explained.

Ji Lingling still shook his head, "Maybe what you said is very reasonable, but some companies give us a salary of 10 million, and we can choose the script." So, your explanation doesn't make sense to us. ”

What is the situation, now the situation is like this, if you want to have a box office, you have to have a big star, and the big star resources are like this, what can he do if everyone raises the rank?

This is only 2009, if you put it in 2017 or 18, it will be lifted to the sky.

The atmosphere is very important, and he can't influence what others do, but he must let people in the circle know where to pick him up, and the movie must follow this ratio.

"Well, how about I follow the Hollywood model, and give a net box office share, 8%, in the case of giving the basic salary? This can reach the tens of millions of dollars you are talking about. "Who gives the greatest concessions.

Ji Lingling thought about it and shook his head, "This is risky, can you guarantee that the net income of the box office can reach 7 million by 8%?" If so, why not give it in advance? Director He, I'm afraid this matter is difficult. ”

He Fang spread his hands, "Okay, then you guys think about it, if you have the intention, we can talk about it again in three days." ”

After He Fang finished speaking, he got up and prepared to leave.

"Director He, the salary can be discussed again, but Ziyi will be back soon, why don't you wait? Talk to her about the script? If it hadn't been spread out, I would have thought that our family Ziyi was playing a big name, and the director wouldn't even be able to see anyone when he came. Ji Lingling retained.

"Haha...... It's okay, it can't get out, at least not to me. Moreover, I don't think this is something worth talking about outside, it's about cooperation, and the preconditions can't be agreed, so why bother to take the next steps? ”

After He Fang finished speaking, he reached out and shook Ji Lingling's hand, then turned around and left.

Ji Lingling was polite and sent He Fang to the elevator room outside the company.

Back at the hotel, He Fang was a little numb, and he was full of confidence that he could talk about Zhang Ziyi, thinking that at least he could meet her and persuade her.

As a result, I didn't even see anyone.

Do you want to continue to attack Zhang Ziyi? After all, many film directors or producers have used various means for an actor.

For example, Jiang Wen wrote a letter in order to invite Chow Yun-fat, and I heard that Yang Jie, the director of "Journey to the West", would rather the crew stop filming in order to ask actor Ma Lan, and also used a plane to invite him. Wong Kar-wai also deceived Tony Leung......

Many directors wait for the actor's schedule, invite the actor by various means, and even deceive the actor for the sake of a certain actor......

This is all set off by the director for the perfection of the movie, like He Fang read a book called "Huayu: Starting from the Condor Heroes" before the crossing, in which the male protagonist also used some means and made some concessions in order to ask Liu Yifei to make his first movie "Those Years".

It's just that the readers' comments are not very good, and I think that in order to invite Liu Yifei, the author licked Liu Yifei.

Hey, putting all that aside, what is struggling with now is whether to continue to persevere? Of course, the key to perseverance lies in whether his movie role has to be Zhang Ziyi?

Therefore, He Fang re-studied the script in the hotel.

Just then, his phone rang, a strange number.

"Hey, hello, who's that?"

"Director He, hello, I'm Fan Bingbing's agent Mu Xiaoguang, I heard that you have a movie that is selecting actresses, we recommend ourselves for our soldiers, see if Director He wants to consider our soldiers?"

"......" He Fang was confused, how did Fan Bingbing know?

"Where did you get the news?" He asked.

"This, the actors have their own channels, how can you grasp the role if you don't pay attention to the movements of the new directors like you?" Mu Xiaoguang said on the phone.